IT Project Manager (General)
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
An IT Project Manager manages projects for a company in the information technology industry. Projects may include initiatives to create new products or improve or expand technology or systems. Identifies project requirements, develops and manages project budgets and schedules, leads project teams, and manages communications with project stakeholders, including company management and clients.
Job Outlook
There were 927 IT Project Manager (General) job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 17828 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the IT Project / Program Manager industry, which includes the IT Project Manager (General) career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new IT Project Manager (General) jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $96,022.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $94,819.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for IT Project Manager (General) postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $82,407.
Education and Experience
Posted IT Project Manager (General) jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 59.97% |
| Master's Degree | 13.05% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.78% |
| Other | 3.37% |
Posted IT Project Manager (General) jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 10.54% |
| 3 to 5 years | 49.26% |
| 6 to 8 years | 23.92% |
| 9+ years | 16.27% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills IT Project Manager (General) positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (61.14%)
- Management (48.51%)
- Leadership (44.45%)
- Planning (39.84%)
- Information Technology (33.85%)
- Problem Solving (28.75%)
- Coordinating (26.93%)
- Timelines (24.49%)
- Operations (18.5%)
- Detail Oriented (17.13%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Project Management (97.84%)
- Agile Methodology (39.85%)
- Computer Science (24.74%)
- Milestones (Project Management) (24.07%)
- Project Planning (22.35%)
- Systems Development Life Cycle (22%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Scrum (Software Development) (20.55%)
- Project Scoping (19.24%)
- Waterfall Methodology (21.44%)
- Microsoft Project (17.38%)
- Change Management (16.65%)
- JIRA (18.6%)
- Risk Management (16.01%)
- Project Schedules (11.38%)
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology (10.47%)
- Project Documentation (13.93%)
- Project Implementation (13.42%)
- Information Systems (9.28%)
- Process Improvement (10.07%)
- Project Risk Management (12.64%)
- Project Stakeholders (9.14%)
- Project Delivery (9.69%)
- Business Process (9.27%)
- Business Requirements (8.24%)
- Microsoft Visio (7.7%)
- IT Infrastructure (10.11%)
- Microsoft SharePoint (8.17%)
- Software Development (9.07%)
- Mitigation (10.04%)
- Project Coordination (8.35%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (9.61%)
- Software Development Life Cycle (7.31%)
- Procurement (8.39%)
- Project Management Life Cycle (6.54%)
- Project Management Office (PMO) (5.73%)
- Finance (6.24%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Project Charter (2.42%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Waterfall Methodology (51.91%)
- Agile Methodology (96.5%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with IT Project Manager (General) skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- IT Project Manager
- IT Project Coordinator
- IT Infrastructure Project Manager
- Project Manager
- Healthcare Project Manager
- Project Management Professional
- IT Security Project Manager
- Healthcare IT Project Manager
- IT Project Manager Contractor
- Infrastructure Project Manager
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most IT Project Manager (General) jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Beacon Hill Staffing Group (397)
- Genesis10 (395)
- Insight Global (337)
- Robert Half (178)
- Eliassen Group (171)
- Randstad (164)
- TEKsystems (146)
- The Judge Group (145)
- Public Consulting Group (143)
- Cytel (141)
North Carolina
- Genesis10 (139)
- BCforward (34)
- Truist Financial (25)
- Innova Solution (24)
- Insight Global (22)
- Randstad (20)
- Ihire (15)
- Novo Nordisk (15)
- Thermo Fisher Scientific (14)
- Vaco (12)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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